Improvement in sad-irons



that@ iatt Letters Patent No. 110,919,7dated January 10, 1871.

. Thevchedule referred'to inlthese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT It. Ives, ofthe city and county ol N ewHaVemState ot' Connecticut, teni poralily residing in VMont-real, Canada, vhave invented a new-Improvement in Sad-Irons; and I do hereby declare the following, when .taken in y connection with the vac'cornpanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to lhe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of' this specification, and represents inlFigure l, a side view;

Figure 2, a top-view; and

.Figure 3a longtudidalrcentral section.

This invention relates to anzimprovement in sadirons, the object being to so construct the iron that `a wood handle may be employed, and th-us dispense with the protectors generally used ,'-and l t" Y The invention consists 'in combining the base or smoothing-portion of the iron with a bright sheetmetal top, by turning the lower Iedge of the sheetmetal top down over a projecting rib or bead ou the iron, and filling the chamber with any noncondi1cting material, and providing the whole with a suitable handle, as a means for holding the iron.

A is the hase or smoothing-portion of the iron, of

any desirable shape, constructed with a recess, B, of more or less depth in its upper surface, and around or near its upper edge a projecting [lange or heath a, formed.

O is the top, struck up from any suitable bright metal, as tin, into the desired shape, and corresponding to the form of the iron, and may be so as to make flange a, as seen in g. 3, which secures the two parts A and C firmly together. v .Lhe chamber thus formed is lled with any suitable non-conducting material, and to the upper' surface the metal port-ion E of' the handle is secured, and to.

this a wood cylinder, F, is applied and secured for the handle, by which to move the iron. v

The tin plate C is in itself a non-conducting surface,and when the chamber between the plate G and base A is'lled, as described, scarcely any heat radiates from the upper surface, but allretained within its base; Athus the iron may-be used for a longer time with the same heat,- and without anyinconvenience to the operator arising from the heat.

l donot wish to be understood as'broadl y claiming a sad-iron with a non-conductor between the handle and iron, as such, I am aware, is' not new; but

I claim asmy invention- The herein-described sad-iron, consisting of the base A, construct-ed with the flange a, combined with the sheet-metal portion' O,.united tothe said ribs, in the manner described, to form a chamber for the reception of 1the non-conducting material, .as set forth, and provided with a handle, E F, substantially las specified.

HUBERT R. IVES. Witnesses:

J. H. SHUMWAY, A. J. TIBBITS. 

